Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 78/2002

of 25 June 2002

amending Annex I (Veterinary and phytosanitary matters) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex I to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 149/2001 of 11 December 2001(1).

(2) Council Decision 2001/4/EC of 19 December 2000 amending Decision 95/408/EC on the conditions for drawing up, for an interim period, provisional lists of third country establishments from which Member States are authorised to import certain products of animal origin, fishery products or live bivalve molluscs(2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(3) Commission Decision 2001/7/EC of 19 December 2000 amending Annex I, Chapter 14 of Council Directive 92/118/EEC laying down animal health and public health requirements governing trade in and imports into the Community of products not subject to the said requirements laid down in specific Community rules referred to in Annex A(I) to Directive 89/662/EEC and, as regards pathogens, to Directive 90/425/EEC(3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(4) Commission Decision 2001/182/EC of 8 March 2001 repealing Decision 93/351/EEC determining analysis methods, sampling plans and maximum limits for mercury in fishery products(4), as corrected by Official Journal L 305, 22.11.2001, p. 35, is to be incorporated into the Agreement.

(5) This Decision is not to apply to Liechtenstein,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Chapter I of Annex I to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. The following indent shall be added in Part 5.1 in point 7 (Council Directive 92/118/EEC) and in Part 8.1 in point 16 (Council Directive 92/118/EEC):

"- 32001 D 0007: Commission Decision 2001/7/EC of 19 December 2000 (OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 27)."

2. In Part 6.2, the following point shall be inserted after point 40 (Commission Decision 2001/471/EC):

"41. 32001 D 0182: Commission Decision 2001/182/EC of 8 March 2001 repealing Decision 93/351/EEC determining analysis methods, sampling plans and maximum limits for mercury in fishery products (OJ L 77, 16.3.2001, p. 22), corrected by OJ L 305, 22.11.2001, p. 35.

This act applies also to Iceland."

3. In Part 6.2, the text of point 16 (Commission Decision 93/351/EEC) shall be deleted.

4. In Part 8.1, the following indent shall be added in point 18 (Council Decision 95/408/EC):

"- 32001 D 0004: Council Decision 2001/4/EC of 19 December 2000 (OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21)."

Article 2

The texts of Decisions 2001/4/EC, 2001/7/EC and 2001/182/EC, as corrected by OJ L 305, 22.11.2001, p. 35, in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities, shall be authentic.

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 26 June 2002, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(5).

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 25 June 2002.

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

P. Westerlund

(1) OJ L 65, 7.3.2002, p. 20.

(2) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 21.

(3) OJ L 2, 5.1.2001, p. 27.

(4) OJ L 77, 16.3.2001, p. 22.

(5) No constitutional requirements indicated.